DFAT manages an extensive network of Australian diplomatic and consular missions abroad (tables 3.4-3.6), supporting Australia’s international interests and providing consular and passport services. The department’s central office is in Canberra and it also maintains offices in all of the state capitals and in Darwin, as well as Newcastle and Thursday Island.

3.4 AUSTRALIAN EMBASSIES, HIGH COMMISSIONS, CONSULATES AND MULTILATERAL MISSIONS MANAGED BY THE DFAT(a) - 30 June 2004

Country of location

City

Post type

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Embassy

Austria

Vienna

Embassy/Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Bangladesh

Dhaka

High Commission

Belgium

Brussels

Embassy/Mission to the European Union

Brazil

Brasilia

Embassy

Brunei Darussalam

Bandar Seri Begawan

High Commission

Burma

Rangoon

Embassy

Cambodia

Phnom Penh

Embassy

Canada

Ottawa

High Commission

Chile

Santiago

Embassy

China, People's Republic of

Beijing

Embassy

Guangzhou

Consulate-General

Hong Kong SAR

Consulate-General

Shanghai

Consulate-General

Croatia

Zagreb

Embassy

Cyprus

Nicosia

High Commission

Denmark

Copenhagen

Embassy

East Timor

Dili

Embassy

Egypt

Cairo

Embassy

Federated States of Micronesia

Pohnpei

Embassy

Fiji

Suva

High Commission

France

Paris(b)

Embassy

Paris

Delegation to the OECD

Germany

Berlin

Embassy

Ghana

Accra

High Commission

Greece

Athens

Embassy

Hungary

Budapest

Embassy

India

New Delhi

High Commission

Indonesia

Jakarta

Embassy

Bali (Denpasar)

Consulate-General

Iran

Tehran

Embassy

Iraq

Baghdad

Embassy

Ireland

Dublin

Embassy

Israel

Tel Aviv

Embassy

Italy

Rome

Embassy

Japan

Tokyo

Embassy

Jordan

Amman

Embassy

Kenya

Nairobi

High Commission

Kiribati

Tarawa

High Commission

Korea, Republic of

Seoul

Embassy

Laos

Vientiane

Embassy

Lebanon

Beirut

Embassy

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

High Commission

Malta

Valletta

High Commission

Mauritius

Port Louis

High Commission

Mexico

Mexico City

Embassy

Nepal

Kathmandu

Embassy

Netherlands

The Hague

Embassy

New Caledonia

Noumea

Consulate-General

New Zealand

Wellington

High Commission

Nigeria

Abuja

High Commission

Pakistan

Islamabad

High Commission

Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby

High Commission

Philippines

Manila

Embassy

Poland

Warsaw

Embassy

Portugal

Lisbon

Embassy

Russia

Moscow

Embassy

Samoa

Apia

High Commission

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

Embassy

Serbia and Montenegro

Belgrade

Embassy

Singapore

Singapore

High Commission

Solomon Islands

Honiara

High Commission

South Africa

Pretoria

High Commission

Spain

Madrid

Embassy

Sri Lanka

Colombo

High Commission

Sweden

Stockholm

Embassy

Switzerland

Geneva

Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Geneva

Permanent Mission to the WTO/Consulate-General

Thailand

Bangkok

Embassy

Tonga

Nuku'alofa

High Commission

Trinidad and Tobago

Port of Spain

High Commission

Turkey

Ankara

Embassy

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

Embassy

United Kingdom

London

High Commission

United States of America

Washington DC

Embassy

Chicago

Consulate-General

Honolulu

Consulate-General

Los Angeles

Consulate-General

New York

Consulate-General

New York

Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Vanuatu

Port Vila

High Commission

Vatican City

Vatican City(c)

Embassy

Vietnam

Hanoi

Embassy

Ho Chi Minh City

Consulate-General

Zimbabwe

Harare

High Commission

(a) 85 posts. In Nauru, the department maintains an Australian Administrative Centre to facilitate mutual cooperation on processing applications from asylum seekers. In Ramallah, the Australian Government maintains the Australian Representative Office. The Office manages dealings with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza and has responsibility for Australia’s development assistance program for the Palestinians. In Taipei, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry maintains the Australian Commerce and Industry Office, which includes staff seconded from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Austrade, the Department of Education, Science and Training and the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.(b) The permanent delegation to UNESCO is located within the embassy in Paris.(c) Embassy to the Holy See.